Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of smallholding
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.
—
Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.
—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
—Time, 5 Apr. 2018
Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.
—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
—Time, 5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
Noun
-
Yet on a modest homestead in the American South, a former nightclub manager named Matthew Gauger is quietly reviving that ethos and, in the process, nurturing a movement rooted in humility.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
-
Since then, the court increased the homestead exemption to 20% and adopted rates below the no new revenue rate — the tax rate that would generate the same amount of revenue from properties that were on the tax rolls the previous year.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Celebrate the simple beauty of farmhouse style with this easy piece.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
-
Featuring a slim, bucket seat and metal legs, the design suits a number of styles, from industrial or farmhouse.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Some farmers have been forced to abandon coffee plantations that have become too hot and dry.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
-
Streep and Redford led the classic drama, which takes place in colonial Kenya, where a Danish plantation owner (Streep) falls for a hunter (Redford) in the region.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Lamb's ear adds a soft green, velvety touch to any garden and, in the South and USDA Zones 7-9, it can often be grown as an evergreen.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
-
Located at the end of a dirt road and cul-de-sac, the modernist, split-level home had wood-shingle exteriors, huge living room windows, two large decks with bay views and a patio and garden.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Several generations of the family have enjoyed the storied English manor-style estate’s equestrian facilities, its dramatic, 100-yard-long Roman pool, the tennis courts, gardens and guest houses.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
-
The Gothic Revival manor, dubbed Peary Homestead, has stood tall in Germantown for nearly 200 years.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Head just out of town to see covered bridges, farms, antique shops, and apple orchards selling apples and cider doughnuts.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
-
Crimson clover can become weedy in landscape beds, restrict use to production gardens, orchards, and other large acreage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
-
Or, upgrade to expansive suites, haciendas, or villas with sweeping views of the Sea of Cortez, infinity-edge hot tubs, or private plunge pools.—
Emily Hochberg,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
-
Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
-
Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.—
Elena Saavedra Buckley,
New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share